LGBT activists who attended and were harassed in Bangkok leading up to the 21st ASEAN Summit created this video "We are ASEAN." >>>

Gay people and indigenous people risk having their rights ignored in a planned Southeast Asian human rights document, a group of Indonesian activists warned on Friday. Indonesian human rights groups were among the 54 who gathered in Manila on Wednesday for the final discussions on the forthcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations human rights declaration, which is scheduled to be released in November. 
 >>>

On 16 May, members of ProGay Philippines and Metropolitan Community Church of Quezon City (MCCQC) trooped to the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Philippines to support House Bill 1483 (Anti-Discrimination Bill) and House Bill 4635 (National Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia Act of 2011). Casino delivered a privileged speech on the house floor supporting IDAHO. >>>

More than 1,300 delegates at the 2011 ASEAN Civil Society Conference, representing various CSOs and movements gathered together in Jakarta, Indonesia, 3-5 May 2011 to discuss the main concerns confronting the peoples of ASEAN and developing key proposals for the 18th ASEAN Summit. >>>

ProGay Metro Baguio urged President Benigno Aquino to restore sexual orientation to a UN General Assembly resolution that mandates States to investigate extrajudicial executions. >>>

The ten member Association of Southeast Asia Nations has established the first regional human rights body in Asia. Has it started to work? Will it take up LGBT issues? No answers yet. >>>